A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Entrance of the Art Festival — An Art Festival organised by Housing Development Corporation (HDC) was held on Friday and Saturday at the Central Park in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale. The festival aimed to provide artists with a platform to showcase their talents and sell some of their products. According to HDC’s planning director Ismail Shan Rasheed, […]
A frigate of the Chinese navy docked at Male. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Three naval frigates of China arrived in the Maldives on Sunday. Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) stated that senior officers and soldiers of the Maldivian army held a special ceremony at Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) in capital Male to warmly welcome the crews of […]
Maamigili MP Qasim Ibrahim carried out from the Criminal Court on a stretcher to the ambulance after he fainted during his hearing. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The Maldives’ ever-so-controversial political arena saw an exceptionally ‘dramatic’ two days this past weekend. Thursday evening, opposition Jumhoory Party (JP) leader and former Maamigili MP Qasim Ibrahim collapsed in the […]
MDP PG leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (L) and Dhiggaru MP Faris Maumoon at an opposition press conference. Main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s parliamentary group leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and Dhiggaru MP Faris Maumoon will take the helm of the parliament as the speaker and deputy speaker respectively after the joint opposition succeeds in impeaching […]
Security forces remove opposition lawmakers gathered at the parliament speaker’s table while lawmaker protest. Canada has called on the government of the Maldives to respect democratic rights and ensure the independence of institutions. In a series of tweets posted by the High Commission of Canada to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Canada stated, “Recent developments […]
PPM’s SG Abdulla Khaleel speaks at PPM press conference. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU The joint opposition is working to employ mercenaries to topple the incumbent government, accused ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)’s Secretary General Abdulla Khaleel on Saturday. In a series of tweets, the lawmaker of Nilandhoo constituency claimed to have received information that the opposition […]
Former President Mohamed Nasheed. PHOTO/AHMED AZIM Convicted former President Mohamed Nasheed has admitted that the arbitrary detention of the then Chief Judge of the Criminal Court, Abdulla Mohamed, during his presidency which had eventually landed Nasheed in jail, was not “the best thing to do”. Nasheed, who is currently in India, said in an interview […]
PTI Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on Friday said it was wrong for China to expect that the Maldives would take its side and said India’s relations with the island nation is 2,000-3,000 years old. Nasheed, who is in Delhi for an international conference, said India does not conduct diplomacy like western countries and is […]